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Mike Bacon
@mikebacon.bsky.social
Birds mainly and the natural world. Always learning. Based in Suffolk, UK.
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A brief montage of the recently fledged kingfishers along the riverbed. Part of a local project I've been working on in the village, capturing the hidden life of this micro habitat.
#ukwildlife #kingfishers #wildlifephotography #Suffolk #Sudbury #birds #Lavenham #Sudbury
August 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Juvenile Black Stork at rspb.bsky.social Boyton Marshes showed very well today while it foraged and fed along the dyke.
#suffolkbirding
#ukbirding
August 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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A great day at #RSPBTitchwell yesterday with @mikebacon.bsky.social Mike eventually tracked down the very mobile Snow Bunting flock and I managed a few images
#snowbunting
#norfolkbirds
November 11, 2024 at 10:20 AM
1st winter Amur Stonechat, SWT Trimley Marshes.
#ukbirding
#suffolkbirding
November 8, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The Amur Stonechat was still present this afternoon along the track to SWT Trimley Marshes.
#suffolkbirding
#ukbirding
November 7, 2024 at 5:28 PM
A Swallowtail butterfly in the beautiful gardens of the Agia Triada monastery in Western Crete. #butterflies
October 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
My birding highlights of a sunny afternoon walk between Kynance Cove and The Lizard, Cornwall, today were a flock of at least 10 Choughs, 2 Wheatears, Rock Pipits, Linnets and a Raven. #ukbirding
September 16, 2024 at 7:55 PM
My highlights from a visit to the Otter Trust Dickleburgh Moor Nature Reserve in Norfolk were the obliging juvenile Temminck's Stint, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper and a Yellow Wagtail. #UKBirding
August 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
This Osprey youngster at Rutland Water looked close to fledging today.
Certainly lots of wing flapping flight prep going on!
It was fabulous to see the parents catching fish and feeding the chick.
#ukbirding
June 30, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Some glorious weather (at last!) for my late visit @btobirds.bsky.social Breeding Bird Survey on arable farmland in Suffolk. Yellowhammers, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Blackcaps, Chaffinch and Whitethroats were all very vocal, almost as if they were welcoming the sunshine with their song 🌞. #ukbirding
June 17, 2024 at 8:51 AM
A lovely trip to @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs today.
It was encouraging to see so many Gannets and Guillemots. #ukbirding
June 15, 2024 at 4:23 PM
It was my first visit to #RSPB Ouse Fen, Cambs, over the weekend. A lovely reserve with reedbeds and pools. I had close views of the long staying Great Reed Warbler, that was constantly calling. Other highlights were a showy Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Marsh Harriers, Bittern and a Hobby. #ukbirding
June 10, 2024 at 7:29 AM
The highlights of a dawn chorus walk in Suffolk woodland today were 4 Nightingales, 7 Garden Warblers, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit and Mistle Thrush. Isn't a sunny spring morning spent birding just the best thing? #ukbirding
May 5, 2024 at 10:43 AM
The highlights of my first @btobirds.bsky.social Breeding Bird Survey in an arable Suffolk landscape, were:
Reed Bunting, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps, Linnets, Skylarks and Yellowhammers. They were all busy singing and displaying, despite the chilly conditions. #UKbirding
April 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Back from a fabulous few days at the Straits of Gibraltar Bird Observatory #gonhs
It was a privilege to see the fantastic work carried out by the ringers. Highlights included Woodchat Shrike and Scops Owl.
April 16, 2024 at 7:42 AM